Installing Boost

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Run the following command to decompress the Boost installation package:

   tar xvf boost-1.70.0.tar.bz

3. Run the following command to switch to the directory generated after the package is decompressed:

   cd boost-boost-1.70.0

4. Because TopHat requires only the thread and system libraries of Boost, Bootstrap only needs to contain the two libraries. Run the following command to specify the Boost installation path:

   ./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=system,thread --prefix=/path/to/BOOST --with-toolset=gcc

5. Run the following command to perform the compilation and installation:

   ./b2 -d+2 -q -j 32 threading=multi link=shared variant=release --prefix=/path/to/BOOST install

6. Run the following command to load environment variables:

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/BOOST/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH